Telegraph-pole



J'. L. TAYLOR. Telegraph Pole.

No. 230,085. Patented July 13,1880.

l f f o f1 if UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JOHN L. TAYLOR, OF LAS VEGAS, TERRITORY OF NEW MEXICO.

TELEGRAPH-POLE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 230,085, dated July13,1880,

Application filed December 9, 1879.

To all whom it may clmoem:

Be it known that I, JOHN L. TAYLOR, of Las Vegas, in the county of SanMiguel, Ter-. ritory of New Mexico, have invented a new and usefulImprovement in Telegraph-Poles, of which the following is aspecification.

Figure 1 is a side elevation of my improvement. Fig. 2 is a sectionalelevation taken through the line as 00, Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a sectionalelevation taken through the line a: m, Fig. 1.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts.

The object of this invention is to furnish telegraph poles that are moredurable and lighter than ordinary poles, while having the requisitestrength.

A is a cast-iron foot, which is made hollow, and may be square, round,or of any other suitable form. The foot A may be made of any desiredsize, but for ordinary purposes I prefer to make it three and a halffeet long, six inches square, and three-eighths of an inch thick. Thefoot A may be set in the ground to the depth of two and a quarter feet,more or less. To the sides of the upper part of the foot A are attached,or upon them are formed, keepers B, to receive the lower ends of twobars, 0. Upon the sides of the foot A, or j ust below the lower keeper,B, are formed, or to them are attached, shoulders or stops D, for thelower ends of the bars 0 to rest upon. In the sides of the foot A, aboutupon a level with the lower ends of the bars 0, are formedventilating-holes E, as shown in Figs. 2 and 3.

The bars 0 may be made of any desired size and length, and aretapered'toward their upper ends.

When the pole is to be used to support a single wire the insulator maybe'attached directly to, the upper ends of the bars (3. When severalwires are to be supported a crossbar, F, is attached to the upper endsof the bars 0 to receive the insulator. In this case the crossbar F isstrengthened in position by the braces G, the upper ends of which areattached to the end parts of the cross-bar F, and their lower ends areattached to the bars 0.

H is a wooden pole, the lower end of which is inserted in the cavity orsocket in the upper end of the foot A. The pole H passes up between theside poles, and is secured to them at its upper end by a bolt, asindicated by dotted lines in Fig. 3, so as to strengthen the pole.

In practical use the central pole, H, maybe omitted and the pole formedof the side poles, O, and foot A; or the side poles, C, may be omittedand the pole formed of the central pole, H, and the foot A, according tothe number of wires to be supported.

Having thus described my invention, 1 claim as new and desire to secureby Letters Patent- 1. In telegraph-poles, the combination, with the ironfoot A, provided With keepers B and stops D, of the two wooden bars (3,substantially as herein shown and described, to give the pole strengthwhile allowing it to be made light, as set forth.

' 2. In atelegraph-pole, the combination, with the iron foot A, of theside poles, O, and the center pole, H, substantially as herein shown anddescribed, the side poles, 0, being inserted in the keepersB and thecenter pole, H, being inserted in the hollow upper end of the foot A, asset forth.

JOHN LORD TAYLOR.

Witnesses DAVID P. SHIELD, H. WEISE.

